Catherine came to Iscoed in October 2001 to commence her pupillage. Since becoming a tenant in 2002 Catherine has developed a successful common law practice.
Catherine has a particular interest in chancery and commercial matters and has recently acted or advised in the following areas:-
Property
- Boundary disputes
- Adverse possession
- Rights of way and other easements
- Mistake and/ or misrepresentation
- Tenancy disputes – Residential (including social housing), Business and Agricultural tenancies
- Security of tenure
- Possession Claims
- Disrepair
- Forfeiture
- Dilapidations
- Rent review
- Rent repayment orders
- Covenants
- Co-ownership
- Mortgages
- Private nuisance
- Tree Roots
- Rylands v Fletcher
- Leaky v National Trust claims
Planning
- Appeal against refusal of certificate of lawful development
- Appeal against refusal of planning permission for gypsy site
- Compulsory purchase valuation
Insolvency
- Annulment applications
- Setting aside of statutory demands
- Trustees interests
Wills and Probate
- Interpretation
- Validity
- Testamentary capacity
- Undue influence
- Compliance with Wills Act 1837
- Inheritance Act applications
- Proprietary estoppel
- Personal Representative liability claims
- Removal of Executor
- Renunciation of Grant of Probate
Personal property
- Conversion
- Liens
- Liability for bailment
- Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977
Animals
- Liability under s.2 Animals Act 1971
- Trespass
- Straying onto highways
Contract/ Commercial
- Building contracts including allegations of defective work
- Sale of Goods/ Supply of Goods and Services
- Unfair terms
- Factoring Agreements
- Consumer Credit Agreements
- Removal of Directors
- Employee restraint of trade restrictive covenants
- Drafting of partnership agreement
Employment
- Unfair/wrongful dismissal
- Disability and sexual discrimination
- Professional regulation
- NMC
- Education Workforce Council for Wales
- Social Care Wales
Mediation
Catherine is a CEDR trained and CEDR accredited mediator, accepting instructions to conduct mediations in all aspects of Civil Law.
Notable Cases
- Grey (t/a CityTax) –v- Swansea City and County Council [2013] PTSR 1366; [2014] RTR 3
- Contractual interpretation, conditions of operator’s licence
- Hoyl Group –v- Cromer Town Council [2015] HLR 43; [2016] 1 Pa CR 3
- Proprietory estoppel
- Williams –v- Hawkes [2017] EWCA Civ 1846
- Animals Act 1971. Liability for dangerous animals.
